New Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology
Bringing with her an impressive blend of academic and corporate experience in engineering, Associate Professor Kathleen Puskar, Ph.D., returned to Pittsburgh to teach mechanical engineering technology at Point Park University.

Alumna Rachael Otieno Helps Launch Non-Profit in Kenya
Alumna Rachael Otieno, who earned two master’s degrees at Point Park, attributes the knowledge and skills she gained in both programs with helping her to launch a non-profit organization in her home country of Kenya.

Intelligence and National Security Faculty Member Speaks at Press Club
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, Point Park University Assistant Professor Michael Finnegan, a former FBI agent, joins with Associated Press investigative reporter Adam Goldman to discuss how the federal intelligence community interacts with the media in reporting on terrorists and terrorism.

Engineering Alum Uses Education to Help Ensure Transit Safety
As a product safety engineer for Ansaldo STS, Joseph Reutzel analyzes designs of control systems used to operate light duty mass transit and heavy duty rail systems all across the country and around the world. Reutzel is a 2005 graduate of Point Park’s electrical engineering technology program.

10/1/2010

Psychology Students, Professor Co-Author Research Paper
Three Point Park undergraduate students never dreamed when they did a group project as freshmen that it would lead to a research paper co-authored with their professor -- and will be published in a national peer-reviewed journal.

Prof. Opdyke, Students Research Lichen as Indicator of Air Quality
After receiving a research grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in June 2009, Opdyke has been studying lichen -- a composite organism consisting of a symbiotic association of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner such as algae.

Point Park started alum on path to career in academics
Amanda Lynch Morris believes Point Park’s professors paved the way for her academic career to progress from the bachelor’s degree in English she earned here to the Ph.D. in composition/rhetoric she’s pursuing at Auburn University.

Nader gives speech at Point Park
Speaking to a packed house at Point Park University, Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate, emphasized the importance of being an engaged citizen, telling students that individuals can make a difference on important public policy issues.